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Jeez, I just read the latest newspaper account. She was only 4 years old. I think back to when my girls were 4 years old and it just kills me to think of someone harming a hair on their heads and crushes me to think of this poor baby being beaten to death. I hope they get a resolution to this case.

BTW, I saw where a Arab/Muslim country is executing a 22 year old man for raping and murdering very young girls and leaving one (three years old) in the desert to die, except she didn't die. He will be executed by beheading and his head will be displayed on his body, in public.

Some groups are raising a stink about the method of execution. Sorry - this is one I agree with - finally, the punishment fits the crime.

Getting closer...

Putting back on the Rat Cape after my pre-op appointment this morning, so please all Pray that Pilar is no longer missing when this day ends....Love to All!

"Don't play dumb with me, RR! You're no good at it." The Punisher

"Although no one is anticipating a prompt resolution to this long and much-detoured case, perhaps - just perhaps - might we see one of those moments “when a chance arrow of history scores a perfect bullseye on a deserving target”? Steve Thomas 2009

"Justice hasn't had a chance so far. Anyone who doesn't have this as their prime goal, we'll have a falling out with." Fleet White - Time Magazine

"What happens is that evil comes in," Fleet says. "If you don't have truth, all you have are lies, then what comes in is evil. And evil just does its thing. In the Ramsey case, it just did its thing, and it's eaten up so many people."

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - (AP) -- Southwest Florida deputies began digging for evidence on Tuesday in the case of a missing 4-year-old girl who disappeared more than 10 years ago, when she was left in the care of a young baby sitter and never returned.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office was joined by forensic specialists, a university anthropologist and NecroSearch International, a nonprofit organization that assists law enforcement and specializes in the search for clandestine graves.

Investigators used sophisticated ground penetrating radar to guide their search of a Punta Gorda property and began digging early Tuesday afternoon.

"This case has continued to be investigated since it was first reported in 1999," Sheriff Bill Cameron said in a statement. "We will not stop until Pilar Rodriguez is found, the investigation reaches its ultimate conclusion, questions surrounding her disappearance are answered, and those responsible are brought to justice."

Pilar Rodriguez disappeared in 1999. Her father, Marco Rodriguez, told detectives he gave her baby sitter, Melissa Cooper, then 22, permission to take the child on a two-week vacation. He reported her missing when they didn't return.

Cooper later told investigators Pilar was the victim of a "totally senseless" crime while she and her boyfriend were in Punta Gorda, about 75 miles south of Tampa.

Cooper's mother, Deborah Cooper, has said that her daughter claims the girl was fatally beaten by her boyfriend, Keith Allen Wilson. Wilson, meanwhile, has denied any involvement, saying Melissa Cooper told him the child's father had come for the girl.

"I want to help them in any way," Wilson said at the time. "But right now they're only looking in one place -- me. And I don't know anything.

The property investigators searched Tuesday was located at 5052 Duncan Road. Records indicate a Keith Wilson previously lived at a home at that address.

A message left at a telephone listing for the address was not immediately returned.

Investigators provided no further details about their search on Tuesday. In the past, they have searched area woods, landfills, and sent divers into a nearby body of water.

It's probably too late to get justice for JonBenét. Maybe it always was. But knowing where things went wrong is the first step to not going there again. **-- Alan Prendergast-Dec 21, 2006--**

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BREAKING: Detectives continue looking for Pilar

UPDATE 10:35 a.m. WEDNESDAY:
Charlotte County Sheriff's Spokesman Bob Carpenter released an update on the search efforts.
“Nothing at this time has been found and the long tedious task will continue throughout the day in the search for Pilar," said Sheriff Bill Cameron in a statement just issued.
Officials returned to the site around 8:15 a.m. today. They are carefully sifting through the dirt, looking for any clues into Pilar's disappearance.
Check back here for updates throughout the day.
UPDATE 10:30 a.m. Wednesday:
Officials from numerous agencies have returned to the site on Duncan Road, where detectives hope to find evidence in the disappearance of Pilar Rodriguez, a 4-year-old girl who vanished from Punta Gorda in 1999.
By GREG MARTIN
Staff Writer

It's probably too late to get justice for JonBenét. Maybe it always was. But knowing where things went wrong is the first step to not going there again. **-- Alan Prendergast-Dec 21, 2006--**

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Moab to the Rescue!

Thank You, Angel! I had no clue that it was going to take forever at my appointment, but I am ready to go for a ride now and see what's going on...and then promise to have time to catch all up on my slip of the tongue above...just a little benign removal next week has been interrupting far too many things for me right now! But Rat's always off BEEing Rat even if you don't see me for a bit and I am going to be fine soon enough! Love, RR!

"Don't play dumb with me, RR! You're no good at it." The Punisher

"Although no one is anticipating a prompt resolution to this long and much-detoured case, perhaps - just perhaps - might we see one of those moments “when a chance arrow of history scores a perfect bullseye on a deserving target”? Steve Thomas 2009

"Justice hasn't had a chance so far. Anyone who doesn't have this as their prime goal, we'll have a falling out with." Fleet White - Time Magazine

"What happens is that evil comes in," Fleet says. "If you don't have truth, all you have are lies, then what comes in is evil. And evil just does its thing. In the Ramsey case, it just did its thing, and it's eaten up so many people."

"What happened to Pilar Rodriguez?" asks Dinorah Perry of Missing Children International Ministries in Pembroke Pines. She's been following the case for years. "Hopefully, by today or tomorrow the whole world will know what happened to that child."

The original persons of interest in this case, babysitter Melissa Cooper and her boyfriend Keith Wilson, continue to be a focus of the investigation, according to the sheriff's office, although they are no longer in the area.

It's probably too late to get justice for JonBenét. Maybe it always was. But knowing where things went wrong is the first step to not going there again. **-- Alan Prendergast-Dec 21, 2006--**

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River Ratness!

You are wonderful to do what you do and I applaud your efforts with much gusto! I was wondering if the 2 main "persons of interest" though not in the area are at least under some kind of surveillance right now. And yes how close to the tot mom and Caleigh is this? Yikes!

"When are we going to get our heads out of the sand and understand that sometimes really nice people who look good on the outside are dastardly on the inside." Wendy Murphy, former prosecutor, MA

You are wonderful to do what you do and I applaud your efforts with much gusto! I was wondering if the 2 main "persons of interest" though not in the area are at least under some kind of surveillance right now. And yes how close to the tot mom and Caleigh is this? Yikes!

I think one of the articles said they knew exactly where they were Zoo...but I am trusting a tired old brain, LOL.

It's probably too late to get justice for JonBenét. Maybe it always was. But knowing where things went wrong is the first step to not going there again. **-- Alan Prendergast-Dec 21, 2006--**

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Bring all our Missing Home www.usearchut.org Prayers for our military who are protecting our freedom.

In the Trenches Again

I have to be very careful with my words right now and I am sure that all here understand the position that I have found myself in...and please...the Thank You's are accepted with honor, but I would still be knee deep doing My Thing...whatever My Thing is! Now - I need to round up some help for the LEO's are it's still as miserable in this heat here and now I find out that not even water is being dropped off as they are busting their butts!

I will leave now with one scoop - there was indeed a bone found yesterday, I watched as it was brought up, but had to stay mum...today brought the fact that it was a Bone from an Alligator.

Tomorrow - Day 3 - I will have more that I can share by the time night-time comes....and will correct as many erronious "facts" that had made it to print or on TV as I can...but I can say that it is safe to say that the original suspects are not unaccounted for.

Pilar is now classified by the CCSO as a FOUR year old as it was days before her birthday when she was brought over to this side of The State...as time and procedures allow - I will continue this if the interest is there!

"Don't play dumb with me, RR! You're no good at it." The Punisher

"Although no one is anticipating a prompt resolution to this long and much-detoured case, perhaps - just perhaps - might we see one of those moments “when a chance arrow of history scores a perfect bullseye on a deserving target”? Steve Thomas 2009

"Justice hasn't had a chance so far. Anyone who doesn't have this as their prime goal, we'll have a falling out with." Fleet White - Time Magazine

"What happens is that evil comes in," Fleet says. "If you don't have truth, all you have are lies, then what comes in is evil. And evil just does its thing. In the Ramsey case, it just did its thing, and it's eaten up so many people."

A few photo's from today's update from the CCSO's Public Information Officer Bob Carpenter.

"Don't play dumb with me, RR! You're no good at it." The Punisher

"Although no one is anticipating a prompt resolution to this long and much-detoured case, perhaps - just perhaps - might we see one of those moments “when a chance arrow of history scores a perfect bullseye on a deserving target”? Steve Thomas 2009

"Justice hasn't had a chance so far. Anyone who doesn't have this as their prime goal, we'll have a falling out with." Fleet White - Time Magazine

"What happens is that evil comes in," Fleet says. "If you don't have truth, all you have are lies, then what comes in is evil. And evil just does its thing. In the Ramsey case, it just did its thing, and it's eaten up so many people."